http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/forum/
It's not chiselled in stone, it's open to feedback, it's meant to be useful.
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An unofficial forum sticky (31 posts)
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Mark (podz)
Posted 7 years ago # -
serendipity
Posted 7 years ago #Podz, it's awsome.
Hey, powers-that-be, would you very much mind making a sticky post with a link to podz' page? After all, he is the most prolix (prolixest?) contributor here. -
WildDuck
Posted 7 years ago #nice work podz.
my 2 centime
I dont think nr. 17 ( "Personal note: Leave a visible link to WordPress on your page at all times. You'd like credit for something you did wouldn't you ?") should be included - though i fully agree to the content - because it has nothing to do with the forum. -
Anonymous
Posted 7 years ago #Leaving a link to WordPress is part of the terms under which you download it anyway. And I agree it has nothing to do with the forum.
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Posted 7 years ago #@ Wildduck:
It has 'Personal note' next to it.
Also, if someone likes their blog, they will not know which program created it.
I also think that if they are using the forums, then they are using us - the community - to help them build and maintain their blog. That link serves to credit us too.
I can see your point though - it's a bugbear of mine that people remove all trace of WP acknowledgement. And yes, I know all about the license :) -
Matt Mullenweg
Posted 7 years ago #I would add: unless someone is asking for a browser check, don't give it to them. Whatever they have obviously works for them and let their regular readers let them know if there is a problem in their browser of choice.
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Posted 7 years ago #allusion: I agree with you about browsers in principle, but practically I don't think it is realistic to keep browser issues out of replies. If someone asks for advice, and I see something broken, I can't guess whether it's fine in a different browser (read IE, which I only fire up if I absolutely have to, since it involves shutting down my system first). So I will add "in Firefox" to what I say, as a caveat. And vice versa: Firefox is quite forgiving, after all, and if a page looks fine to me this doesn't mean it would look good even in, say, Opera or Safari. I might countercheck it in Konqueror, but that's about it.
But yes, I don't think polemical browser discussions that go beyond short remarks should have a place here, strongly as I might feel about, er, some browser's (execrable) behaviour. -
Root
Posted 7 years ago #Presumably the poster is going to have to qualify his question too. As in *Please review my site (IE 6 only ). * :)
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richardc020
Posted 7 years ago #podz - That's an awesome piece of writing. Now I hope we can rise above nitpicking details and get it into both 1. accepted then 2. enforced policy here.
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Posted 7 years ago #It would be nice if the forum could support this with one or more prominent links :)
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Posted 7 years ago #'Post title' changed to 'topic title'
Pointer to where the backtick key is added. -
I'd like to point out, as pedantic as this is, that the 'tick' character on my keyboard is not where you describe it to be. It is to the left of the spacebar. So, maybe it's better to not confuse people with the position of the key. Otherwise, it looks good!
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Posted 7 years ago #Ah.. okay :) I'll take that bit out !
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Excellent. You could probably make it friendlier, and put all the items related to making a new post on the forums together, which might improve it's usability, since not everyone might be inclined to read all of that page.
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Posted 7 years ago #podz you are not in the mood to develop a similar protocol for forum helpers are you?
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Posted 7 years ago #I do need something to do yes :)
I'll post to my blog and we can take it from there ? -
Posted 7 years ago #Bring it on :)
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Podz,
I put up a slightly enlarged and reorganized version at
http://www.carthik.net/wpdocs/forum.html
Please see if it is an useful improvement, and feel free to use that document as you please. -
Posted 7 years ago #Root - 'tis on T2 :)
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Posted 7 years ago #2fargon - Rah! Good stuff !!
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Posted 7 years ago #2fargon: This is excellent and very clearly written. I have two issues, one major and one minor (a pet peeve, if you will):
I don't think we should turn people away or make them hesitate more than necessary if they don't speak English very well. Indeed, I can't see a reason why this forum wouldn't be able to welcome messages written in other languages. If anything, it would make us look inviting and modern.
(And my pet peeve? Is it really necessary to insist on capitalization? No one here - or in my humble opinion, no one at all except people you have to bow to - has the authority to do so.) -
serendipity, well, I thought it would be nice if we can say that English is the supported and most-common language.
Typing in Caps, or all small letters is distracting and I personally find it very rude, so I put that in there for good effect. It is by no means a requirement, it is just a suggestion for forum-users who might not be aware of etiquette. -
Posted 7 years ago #I actually cut the bit about typing in CAPS out, but I too find it very very annoying.
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Posted 7 years ago #Well I hope they are going to be using Gemini and one of your new styles :)
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Posted 7 years ago #I'm only writing this to save typing
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Posted 7 years ago #*bump*
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Posted 7 years ago #Damn ...... bumped into again...
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...but doesn't that break your rule of "Do not bump your forum thread." ...allow me ^_^
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Kafkaesqui
Posted 7 years ago #Hey podz, recommended addition to your page:
For 9 under "Now if you really need to create a new thread at the forums," for large amounts of code suggest a few of the pastebin sites that allow it to be posted all pretty and such:
http://www.pastebin.com/
http://paste.uni.cc/
http://pastebin.ca/
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Posted 7 years ago #Cheers Kafkaesqui - added :)
(I saw this just after you posted it but thought a delayed reply would be better than an immediate one if you know what I mean ;) )
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